What does pion in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word pion in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pion in French.
The word pion in French means piece, pawn, pawn, monitor, outdo, outwit, crown a piece, crown a man, be trumped, be outdone, be outwitted. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word pion
piecenom masculin (pièce ronde d'un jeu de société) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Tu jettes les dés et tu avances ton pion. You throw the dice and you move your piece. |
pawnnom masculin (Échecs : pièce de base) (chess) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Aux échecs, en début de partie, les pions sont sur la ligne antérieure. In chess, at the beginning of a game, the pawns are on the front line. |
pawnnom masculin (figuré (personne manipulée sans rôle majeur) (figurative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il n'a été qu'un pion dans toute cette histoire. He was just a pawn in the whole of this business. |
monitornom masculin (Scolaire : surveillant) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Un pion a surpris un élève en train de fumer dans la cour. A monitor surprised a student who was smoking in the courtyard. |
outdo, outwitlocution verbale (prendre la place) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Pour une fois ce joueur de tennis a damé le pion à son adversaire de toujours en finale. |
crown a piece, crown a manlocution verbale (Jeu de dames : transformer en dame) (draughts, checkers) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
be trumped, be outdone, be outwitted(être devancé, battu) Pierre avait toutes les chances d'obtenir ce travail mais il s'est fait damer le pion par un collègue venu du siège de la société |
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